Bio
Sabre Esler (b. Cleveland, OH) She create environments exploring natural and man made systems that we use to live in today’s complex digital world. She has been creating paintings, sculptures, installations, and prints that are about connection, communication, and human condition for over 30 years.
Esler received her MFA from SCAD, Atlanta (2015) and her BFA from Miami University, Oxford OH (1987). Esler has exhibited in fourteen solo exhibits in, Charleston, Knoxville, Boston, Stanford, Atlanta. Her latest solo exhibit was during Venice Biennale in 2024. Museums such as Alexandria Museum, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Miami University, Oglethorpe University, SCAD Museum of Art, Valdosta State Museum, Agnes Scott College, Georgia Southern University, and Georgia State University have exhibited her work. Non-profits such as Atlanta Contemporary, Chastain Art Center, and Glynn Visual Arts Center, Greenville Center for Creative Arts have hosted her work.
Her work can be found in the permanent collections of Georgia State University Perimeter College, Miami University, Tufts University, The Federal Reserve Bank, Fulton County Arts Council, City of Atlanta, and corporate collections of Acoustic, Atlantic Capital Bank, Boston Consulting Group, Cognia, Georgia Power, Georgian Bank, Hilton Hotels, Hyatt Hotels, Lure Real Estate Gallery, Dubai, UAE, Oglethorpe Bank, NCR/VOYIX, Ritz Carlton, SunTrust Bank, Trammel Crow to name a few. Esler held residencies at Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta Public Library, Hambidge Fellow, and Officina Stamperia del Notaio in Sicily. Esler lives and works in Atlanta Georgia. Esler teaches and makes work in Atlanta, GA.
Artist Statement
As a child, my mother would ask me, “Why did you do that?” I replied, “I don’t know!” Why? This has been a continual question in my life. When I was 3, napping in my bed, I imagined I was a superhero because I could see the floaters in my eye as I scanned the gradient ceiling. My imagination of why things work is part of who I am. Watching Bill Murray’s character in “Groundhog Day” as he struggled through the stages of grief to wrestle with who he was and his responses to a day that never ended reminds me of how I think defines me. I build real and imagined structures to answer the question of “Why?” This word becomes Y at the intersection of X. Decisions are essentially the math of our lives. Stay or go, yes or no, right or wrong, left or right, black or white are all decisions at the intersection of the structures I build. My decision-making process creates ethereal mazes and systems to define the dichotomy of opposites. The themes of my work are harmony vs. chaos, order vs. disorder, and truth vs. lies. The power of our thoughts ultimately defines our existence. There is a hidden architecture relied upon to make complex decisions. I describe this construct.
Gallery Representation
SCAD Art Sales
https://www.scadartsales.com/search?q=sabre%20esler
Flow Gallery
https://www.palmettobluff.com/experience/the-arts-initiative/flow-gallery-workshop
Palmetto Bluff Wilson Village, Bluffton SC
Saatchi Art